What do you do when...

your pouch feels like a bottomless pit? I'm sure it's because my body is craving something, but how do I know what? I've eaten all that I should, suppliment & nutrient wise. Maybe it's because I've been working out - I've now got a bike and went riding firstly with my daughter, then on my own later tonight. But the reason for working out is to lose weight, so I don't want to eat the calories that I am using up by exercising. I guess I should go do something else to keep my mind off that fact that it feels my body is crying out for food as I know physically it doesn't need anymore. Ok, thanks for listening to me.

I use distraction. If I am boiling hungry and I can't talk myself out of it, I distract myself. I don't have a specific distraction but it usually involves someone else as I know that I am trying to trick myself if it is just me. One thing about this surgery is that I do know that I am not really hungry that it is coming from another place in my body rather than an empty stomach. This information is part of my coping strategy for sure. Sometimes I have a stern talk with myself (you know better Holly), sometimes I have a nurturing talk with myself (you deserve to be happy/full/etc)... depends on what is going on. It is good to be nice to ourselves. I watched this program called I can make you thin and the guy had this technique for calming the inner voices that talk us into things. He said to listen to them and then mimic them in a crazy voice. It is hard to take a inner voice seriously when it sounds crazy! Just know that you are not alone eh? Holly

I can only tell you what I used to do, I would eat ! but only hard protein, like lunch meat, or chicken and carrots or celery with yogurt dip

What about drinking a huge amount...i'm one of the millions of people who have a food/thirst signal disorder so that when i'm truly thirsty my body sends out the i'm hungry signal! I've come to realize this through therapy and I'm learning how to cope with it. ANDI